The vehicle just seems solid to me. No creaks and growns or rattles and thumps. The wax from the dealership still looks very good when the vehicle is freshly washered even after a full year and more of driving it. The pearl black paint is very nice.

Why Not the 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara?

The small six seems to be a bit under powered for the size of the vehicle. There are more shifts and down shifts than one would like to have on a vehicle. It is noteworthy that Suzuki upgraded to a 3.3 V6 the following year.

The engine works very hard and when you want to move along it gets really loud. This is distracting and disquieting as it sounds like it will never make it to 50,000 miles. Where actually it is a sure thing that it will.